Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-25 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-25 07:55 +0100, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Sorry to send this message twice, but I thought that for some reason it had not arrived at the list. Although it seems that both messages arrived with a delay of six hours. This can be due to some moderation of the list? This list is not

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-25 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Sven. On Friday, 25 December 2009 09:53:53 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: Sorry to send this message twice, but I thought that for some reason it had not arrived at the list. Although it seems that both messages arrived with a delay of six hours. This can be due to some moderation of the

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel Bareiro
On Wednesday, 23 December 2009 11:19:26 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: b) Debian way compilation: b.1) Having booted an i386 kernel and userland 32: # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig # fakeroot make-kpkg clean --cross-compile - -arch amd64 #

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On 2009-12-17 at 21:32:59 -300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Hi all! I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. In order to generate the configuration, I've copied the file

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Sven. On Wednesday, 23 December 2009 11:19:26 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: b) Debian way compilation: b.1) Having booted an i386 kernel and userland 32: # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make ARCH=x86_64 menuconfig # fakeroot make-kpkg clean --cross-compile - -arch

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-24 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Sorry to send this message twice, but I thought that for some reason it had not arrived at the list. Although it seems that both messages arrived with a delay of six hours. This can be due to some moderation of the list? On Thursday, 24 December 2009 09:45:54 -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote:

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-23 Thread Daniel Bareiro
On Saturday, 19 December 2009 16:19:31 -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: I assume that it must have differences between both kernels versions; for that reason, as I've mentioned in another mail of this thread, after to have copied the file, I followed a similar procedure to which mentioned

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-23 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-23 11:07 +0100, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Reading [1] and [2], I already found the cause of this problem. The configuration in Executable file formats / Emulations must be the following one in order to use a kernel x86_64 in userland 32. [*] Kernel support for ELF binaries [ ] Write

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-19 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Sven. On Friday, 18 December 2009 17:34:22 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: I was trying installing and booting 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel and then compiling 2.6.32 kernel of the traditional way: # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make menuconfig # make

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-18 01:32 +0100, Daniel Bareiro wrote: I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. In order to generate the configuration, I've copied the file corresponding to

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-18 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Sven. On Friday, 18 December 2009 09:15:43 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. In order to generate the configuration, I've

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-18 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2009-12-18 16:56 +0100, Daniel Bareiro wrote: I was trying installing and booting 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel and then compiling 2.6.32 kernel of the traditional way: # cd /usr/src/linux-2.6.32 # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` ./.config # make menuconfig # make In this case I didn't use the

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:32:59PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Hi all! I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. In order to generate the configuration, I've copied the

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-17 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Kumar. On Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:40:07 -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: I am trying to compile Linux 2.6.32 with the source code of kernel.org. Kernel that I'm using at the moment is 2.6.26-2-686 of the Debian GNU/Linux repositories. In order to generate the configuration, I've

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:26:39PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Well, the kernel build does check what your current config is, and based on that, asks you some new questions. One way I get around this is: cd kernel-build-directory cp /boot/config-$(uname -r) .config make menuconfig

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-17 Thread Daniel Bareiro
Hi, Kumar. On Thursday, 17 December 2009 19:34:09 -0600, Kumar Appaiah wrote: On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 10:26:39PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: Well, the kernel build does check what your current config is, and based on that, asks you some new questions. One way I get around this is:

Re: Compiling Linux kernel

2009-12-17 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Dear Daniel, On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 11:41:11PM -0300, Daniel Bareiro wrote: [snip menuconfig discussion] This only works in the case of not using ARCH=x86_64 with make menuconfig in the second time that is invoked. But when not using this variable, the processor family returns to be like

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-21 Thread Gregor Galwas
Hey, Thx everybody for your quick answers and friendly help. You were right. I removed all Xen options from the kernel config and linux-image-2.6.32-rc5_20091016-2_amd64.deb has been built. Installing it with dpkg -i ... worked fine. The only problem to be solved was the initrd. it has NOT

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-21 Thread thveillon.debian
Gregor Galwas wrote: Hey, Thx everybody for your quick answers and friendly help. You were right. I removed all Xen options from the kernel config and linux-image-2.6.32-rc5_20091016-2_amd64.deb has been built. Installing it with dpkg -i ... worked fine. The only problem to be

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org [SOLVED]

2009-10-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Wed, Oct 21 2009, Gregor Galwas wrote: The only problem to be solved was the initrd. it has NOT been generated by dpkg during the installation. so I generated it using mkinitramfs -c -k 2.6.32-rc5. worked fine. update-grub - worked fine as well. ,[ Manual page make-kpkg(1) ] |

Re: compiling a kernel from kernel.org

2009-10-20 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Well, firstly, if you are going to be using the buildpackage target, instead of the far faster kernel_image target, you should either configure /etc/kernel-pkg.conf, adding your name and email, and have that in a keyring your gpg knows about, or pass the --us and --uc arguments on

Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in less than two minutes I was up and running. No complaints from Debian and no complaints from

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread cothrige
* Chris Bannister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Apparently the binary installer from NVidia messes with the libraries on the system and is not the recommended method for installing. Read http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/Debian-nVidia/ The Debian way is certainly a lot easier. Now where has

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread David Baron
On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran that, and in less than two minutes I was up and

Re: Compiling a Nvidia module [was Re: Compiling a kernel]

2006-10-25 Thread Alan Ianson
On Wed October 25 2006 06:39, David Baron wrote: On Wednesday 25 October 2006 13:29, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 11:31:46PM -0500, cothrige wrote: With this install of Debian I decided to stick to what I know, and grabbed the binary installer direct from NVidia. I ran

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-24 Thread Michael D. Norwick
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on Debian. At least one comment should send up a warning: Yes, a level-minded user. On compiling with --initrd, I finally drank the coolade last year. Before I tried to have no modules, compiling

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread Yura
John O'Hagan wrote: On Sunday 22 October 2006 18:02, cothrige wrote: [...] In the past, as a Slackware user, I never installed an OS where I didn't immediately compile a new kernel. Slack uses a 2.4 kernel, and I use some peripheral items which seem to require, or at least greatly prefer a

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread Jameson C. Burt
You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on Debian. At least one comment should send up a warning: if the approach becomes too intricate, or requires specialization, very likely you read minute details that you should never need learn (unless you're creating Debian

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread David A.
I look here when I compile my own kernel: http://kernel-handbook.alioth.debian.org/ /David. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-23 Thread cothrige
* Jameson C. Burt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: You have gotten a couple DIFFERENT approaches to installing a kernel on Debian. At least one comment should send up a warning: if the approach becomes too intricate, or requires specialization, very likely you read minute details that you should

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
cothrige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure this is a really stupid question, but having read through the reference and searched online (some searches involve such common terms they never return anything useful) I have really been unable to find a clear answer. I hope someone here can help.

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Seweryn Kokot
For more than a year I compile my kernels the way you described (universal vay) and I have no problems. Of course there is a debian way but it's not a must. Regards, Seweryn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Tim Post
Patrick, Its relatively easy .. and you can make it a bit easier on yourself. Untar from kernel.org in /usr/src be sure ncurses-dev and ncurses are present make menuconfig and configure your kernel now make (or make -j xx, where xx = # of cpu's if 1) [ fancy gcc hacks go here if your brave

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread John O'Hagan
On Sunday 22 October 2006 18:02, cothrige wrote: [...] In the past, as a Slackware user, I never installed an OS where I didn't immediately compile a new kernel. Slack uses a 2.4 kernel, and I use some peripheral items which seem to require, or at least greatly prefer a 2.6 kernel. The

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi Patrick, Hello John, I always compile my own kernels the Debian (testing) way like this: -Install the latest Debian linux-source package (currently linux-source-2.6.17); or you can use vanilla source as you describe -Make a symlink

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello Tim, [snip] Then make your initrd if needed and tweak as needed, verify /etc/modules is what you want it to be and you should be good to go. Cross your fingers and reboot. This makes me think. Recently I have gotten in the habit, after installing

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/22/06 09:36, cothrige wrote: * John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hi Patrick, Hello John, [snip] If you are recompiling a kernel with the same version name, you must move /lib/modules/[$KERNEL_VERSION] out of the way (you are

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Le dimanche 22 octobre 2006 16:43, cothrige a écrit : * Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello Tim, [snip] Then make your initrd if needed and tweak as needed, verify /etc/modules is what you want it to be and you should be good to go. Cross your fingers and reboot. This makes me

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread John O'Hagan
On Monday 23 October 2006 00:36, cothrige wrote: * John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip summary of Debian kernel compilation] Will I still have to configure grub? And will update-grub work or will I have to manually edit menu.lst? [...] Installing the kernel-package generated by

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Tim Post
depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). If using GRUB, remember by default the selection menu is hidden. You'll need to comment out the hiddenmenu

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). If using GRUB, remember by default the selection menu is

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Gilles Mocellin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This modprobe.conf is modularized in several files (you can add one) in /etc/modprobe.d/. Ahh yes, I see that. I would think I could run 'generate-modprobe.conf ~/modprobe.conf' and then split the info up as I need it. Shouldn't be too

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* John O'Hagan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Installing the kernel-package generated by make-kpkg will automatically detect and update grub, and add itself to menu.list. How easy is that? Now that it is a nifty feature. I suppose there is certainly something to be said for the Debian

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Andrei Popescu
cothrige [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have never used initrd, at least not when I have compiled a kernel. To be entirely honest I have never fully understood just what it does. I was under the impression it was for things like booting from reiser fs and having to load modules to do it.

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread Damon L. Chesser
cothrige wrote: * Tim Post ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: depmod should be called by the makefile upon make modules_install after a successful build. Its really as easy as make, make modules_install , make install and a mkinitrd (if you need one). If using GRUB, remember by default the

Re: Compiling a kernel

2006-10-22 Thread cothrige
* Andrei Popescu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: initrd's are especially useful for distros, because a kernel with all stuff compiled in is not an option (too big), but you still need some of the modules very early in the boot process, when the root filesystem is not accessible yet. For your

Re: compiling sid kernel source 2.6.15 in sarge

2006-03-01 Thread Glenn Meehan
Hiya LV, I have been using 2.6.15 for about a week now. It's fantastic. Seems to be faster than 2.6.8. I have scanning, sound, USB, cd burning, rsync, nfs. All works well. I used the kernel from kernel.org. I didn't bother with the ramdisk. Seems to be a waste of time. I followed the

Re: compiling sid kernel source 2.6.15 in sarge

2006-03-01 Thread L . V . Gandhi
On 3/1/06, Glenn Meehan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using 2.6.15 for about a week now. It's fantastic. Seems to be faster than 2.6.8. I have scanning, sound, USB, cd burning, rsync, nfs. All works well. I used the kernel from kernel.org. I didn't bother with the ramdisk. Seems to be a

Re: compiling custom kernel/Sarge

2005-06-21 Thread Robert S
I need to compile a custom kernel, to add raid and a scsi driver. Is the kernel that comes with sarge just from kernel.org or does it have some kind of security patches? If it is just from kernel.org, is it best to use the latest kernel? thanks william You may know about this - but this is

Re: compiling custom kernel/Sarge

2005-06-21 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 20:11 -0400, William wrote: I need to compile a custom kernel, to add raid and a scsi driver. Is the kernel that comes with sarge just from kernel.org or does it have some kind of security patches? If it is just from kernel.org, is it best to use the latest kernel? If

Re: compiling custom kernel/Sarge

2005-06-20 Thread Simon Kitching
On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 20:11 -0400, William wrote: I need to compile a custom kernel, to add raid and a scsi driver. Is the kernel that comes with sarge just from kernel.org or does it have some kind of security patches? If it is just from kernel.org, is it best to use the latest kernel?

Re: Re: Compiling the kernel

2004-11-24 Thread joebosak
OK, I've tried recompiling 2.6.9 with the various options I think I want, setting some items as modules and so on. make-kpkg runs for ages, lots of screen output (lists of files or modules with CC next to them, etc) and then I get lots of unrecognised symbol errors (I think that's what it

Re: Re: Compiling the kernel

2004-11-24 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Wed, 2004-11-24 at 16:03 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I've tried recompiling 2.6.9 with the various options I think I want, setting some items as modules and so on. make-kpkg runs for ages, lots of screen output (lists of files or modules with CC next to them, etc) and then I get

Re: Compiling the kernel

2004-11-23 Thread David Mandelberg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: kernels, some even boot but none does what I want. One thing I need to know is how to get modules to compile... there doesn't seem to be any Most modules come with the kernel source code, you just have to compile them as modules (i.e. 'm' instead of 'y' or space in

Re: compiling plex86-kernel-src with 2.6.3 kernel

2004-02-22 Thread Sebastian Kapfer
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 01:00:11 +0100, Titus Barik wrote: I'm trying to compile the plex86-kernel-src package using the stock 2.6.3 kernel from kernel.org on Debian/unstable to no avail. host-linux.c:27:31: linux/modversions.h: No such file or directory Replace any #include

Re: compiling the kernel

2004-02-15 Thread Benedict Verheyen
Brian wrote: I want to be able to turn some options off and on in the kerenl so how do i compile the kernel in a debian system??? Thanks Brian Look at this site: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/ It has a very comprehensive explanation on how to compile your own kernel the Debian way. It's

Re: compiling the kernel

2004-02-14 Thread Nano Nano
On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 12:13:05AM -0600, Brian wrote: I want to be able to turn some options off and on in the kerenl so how do i compile the kernel in a debian system??? install kernel-package with apt-get and then use make-kpkg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 10:02:28AM -0600, John Foster wrote: Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-12 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:16:25 -0800, Scarletdown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to keep switching back and forth via the KV switch.

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-11 Thread James Williamson
On Thursday 11 Dec 2003 6:16 am, Scarletdown wrote: I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to keep switching back and forth via the KV switch. Anyway, I managed to unpack the tarball and create the

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Paul Stolp
* Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-11 05:43]: Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live in 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So caveat emptor and all that ... Hmm, same problem here. looked for a bug report, didn't see it was

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-11 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 at 03:00 GMT, Paul Stolp penned: * Monique Y. Herman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2003-12-11 05:43]: Btw, I just discovered that lilo bug #222098 appears to still be live in 1:22.5.8-6. It prevents me from running lilo successfully. So caveat emptor and all that ... Hmm, same

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread John Foster
Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could anyone advise me as to how I do this, if possible in relation to the

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install from. Could anyone advise

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread H. S.
Monique Y. Herman wrote: dselect #get latest kernel src package cd /usr/src/kernel-source-version make mrproper #clean any leftover compile stuff I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know what mrproper was doing and I lost my old config file which I had renamed, IIRC,

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Monique Y. Herman
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 19:35 GMT, H. S. penned: Monique Y. Herman wrote: dselect #get latest kernel src package cd /usr/src/kernel-source-version make mrproper #clean any leftover compile stuff I tried this a few days ago, but I hadn't read the makefile to know what mrproper was doing

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Burkhard Woelfel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 10 December 2003 20:35, H. S. wrote: So now if I use mrproper, I *always* save my .config to some other directory, in my case in a tmp in a user's home. -HS That's what I am doing for every kernel I compile, for every one of my

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-10 Thread Joseph Jones
Monique Y. Herman wrote: On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 at 16:02 GMT, John Foster penned: Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network install

Re: Compiling a Kernel - Need ncurses

2003-12-10 Thread Rob Benton
try using libncurses5 and libncurses5-dev On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 00:16, Scarletdown wrote: I am once again giving a whirl at compiling a 2.4.22 kernel; this time on my test box which I am telnetted into so I don't have to keep switching back and forth via the KV switch. Anyway, I managed to

Re: Compiling a kernel without making a .deb package.

2003-12-09 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 11:00:16PM +, Joseph Jones wrote: I can compile a kernel into a .deb package as described in the newbiedoc, but I need to compile a kernel with drivers for my laptop's NIC so I can make a rescue disc to do a network

Re: compiling the kernel with GCC 3.3

2003-07-06 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 05 July 2003 5:09 am, Christophe Courtois wrote: Le Samedi 5 Juillet 2003 10:24, Marino Fernandez a déclamé : Yes, that's what it seems. I had the same problem with 2.4.21... GCC 2.95 and 3.2 work, but no 3.3. From a practical standpoint (in other words... have I noticed anything

Re: compiling the kernel with GCC 3.3

2003-07-05 Thread Marino Fernandez
On Saturday 05 July 2003 2:49 am, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: Hi I tried to compile a 2.4.20 kernel with GCC 3.3 and failed. I searched through several list and the web to find more infos. I found some docs about GCC3.1 and its implemetation (wich isnt). Just to be sure: We still must use GCC

Re: compiling the kernel with GCC 3.3

2003-07-05 Thread Christophe Courtois
Le Samedi 5 Juillet 2003 10:24, Marino Fernandez a déclamé : Yes, that's what it seems. I had the same problem with 2.4.21... GCC 2.95 and 3.2 work, but no 3.3. I compile with 2.95 ; is there a difference for a user with 3.2 ? -- Christophe Courtois - Ostwald, Alsace, France

Re: compiling the kernel with GCC 3.3

2003-07-05 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 09:49:05 +0200 Raffaele Sandrini [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I tried to compile a 2.4.20 kernel with GCC 3.3 and failed. I searched through several list and the web to find more infos. I found some docs about GCC3.1 and its implemetation (wich isnt). Just to be sure:

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-04 Thread ronin2
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 23:25:04 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I might need to set Advanced partition selection on and select some partition types there - but I'm not at all sure (I'm just curious why it's off) You don't need any Advanced partition types enabled. I

kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello everybody, In case you allready received this question (or even answered ??) I apologise, but I have seen no reactions, or my own question, so I guess something has gone wrong The thing is, I can't figure out what's option I should choose which is currently off. As I thought I might have

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Elizabeth Barham
Joris writes: In case you allready received this question (or even answered ??) I apologise, but I have seen no reactions, or my own question, so I guess something has gone wrong The thing is, I can't figure out what's option I should choose which is currently off. As I thought I might

Re: kernel won't boot (was Re: compiling a kernel)

2003-04-03 Thread Joris Huizer
Hello, Thanks for your reply, Elizabeth ! I checked - but the Second extended fs support was allready on. I attached the current filesystem supports. I think I might need to set Advanced partition selection on and select some partition types there - but I'm not at all sure (I'm just curious

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread sean finney
hey joris, here's the first three steps i recommend: # apt-get install kernel-source-2.4.20 # apt-get install kernel-package $ cd /usr/share/doc/kernel-package (if you're running woody, you want kernel-source-2.4.18 i believe) debian really treats you well with kernel-compiling utilities and

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: Hello everybody, As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod module, I think I'll have to compile a new kernel. What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to get the source, ofcourse, but next to that ? I know allready before the

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ronin2
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 23:35:10 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everybody, As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod module, I think I'll have to compile a new kernel. What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to get the source, ofcourse, but next

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Ruediger Arp
Am Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:10:08 +0200 schrieb Joris Huizer: Hello everybody, As I want scsi emulation, and I'm missing the sr_mod module, I think I'll have to compile a new kernel. What do I need to do for this, exactly? I'll have to get the source, ofcourse, but next to that ?

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread Joris Huizer
Thanks everybody for the suggestions on a succesfull kernel compilation I now compiled it but it won't boot. I get this error stuff - and I don't know what it means : -- request_module[block_major-3]: Root fs not mounted UFS Cannot open root device 341 or 03:41 Please append a correct

Re: compiling a kernel

2003-04-02 Thread ronin2
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:53:43 -0800 (PST) Joris Huizer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: request_module[block_major-3]: Root fs not mounted UFS Cannot open root device 341 or 03:41 Please append a correct root boot option kernel panic: UFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03.41 It looks like you didn't

Re: Compiling new kernel modules

2003-01-16 Thread David Z Maze
Alex Malinovich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been rolling my own kernel using make-kpkg and the other wonderful tools we Debianites have at our disposal for over a year now, yet something just occured to me. Is it possible to compile individual kernel modules outside of the actual kernel

Re: Compiling new kernel modules

2003-01-15 Thread Russell
Alex Malinovich wrote: I've been rolling my own kernel using make-kpkg and the other wonderful tools we Debianites have at our disposal for over a year now, yet something just occured to me. Is it possible to compile individual kernel modules outside of the actual kernel compilation? I still have

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
nate said: Gerald V. Livingston II said: Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile under woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. I'm not sure how closely you track the kernel but I've read several places that the generic kernel is rarely the choice for anything other

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 01:40:51AM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile under woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. Yes, the Debian Way (tm) -- or not, I don't care. Right now it fails at the make dep stage using either method.

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 12:02:33AM -0800, nate wrote: I don't have personal experience with linux on sparc yet, Downloading the woody ISOs for it now and plan to install it on my ultra 1 probably tomorrow though. Don't waste time with the ISOs. Set up a RARP server and TFTP server on an

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Gerald V. Livingston II
Nathan E Norman said: On Sat, Dec 21, 2002 at 01:40:51AM -0600, Gerald V. Livingston II wrote: Is there any special info on getting a 2.4.20 kernel to compile under woody on a Sun UltraSparc-1 Creator. Yes, the Debian Way (tm) -- or not, I don't care. Right now it fails at the make dep

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Herbert Xu
Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, 2.4.20 is not the kernel you want if you run ext3 filesystems. OTOH, 2.4.19 seems to not want to provide DRM support for the Creator. 2.4.20 ext3 is OK as long as you don't enable data=journal (the default is data=ordered). -- Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Compiling a kernel on an UltraSparc?

2002-12-21 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 11:40:27AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: Nathan E Norman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, 2.4.20 is not the kernel you want if you run ext3 filesystems. OTOH, 2.4.19 seems to not want to provide DRM support for the Creator. 2.4.20 ext3 is OK as long as you don't enable

Re: Compiling NVidia kernel

2002-11-30 Thread Alan Chandler
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 30 November 2002 4:48 pm, Aedificator wrote: What compiler and which version do I need to compile nVidia's kernel part of the driver? It might be the same as of the GLX part but I'm not sure. It works for me with gcc 2.95 Why are you

Re: Compiling NVidia kernel

2002-11-30 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 05:48:43PM +0100, Aedificator wrote: What compiler and which version do I need to compile nVidia's kernel part of the driver? It might be the same as of the GLX part but I'm not sure. Whatever's the current gcc seems to be working just fine for me... -- .''`.

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Jeff
Alex Malinovich, 2002-Oct-15 16:07 -0500: I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost twice as long as it does on my desktop.

Re: Compiling a kernel for another machine

2002-10-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:07:04PM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote: I've got an Athlon XP 2000 system running as my desktop machine. I've also got a PIII 850 laptop and a p133 mail server. While recompiling the kernel on the laptop isn't too time consuming it still takes almost twice as long as

RE: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Jonas Björck
Use the guide on this site http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg.en/intro-kernel-pkg.html Cheers. Jonas -Original Message- From: Tuomo Karhu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 4 maj 2002 14:08 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: compiling a

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Kapil Khosla
If you want it really really short apt-cache search kernel-image You will get a variety of hits Choose 1 apt-get install kernel-image... You dont need anything else, It will modify lilo.conf, etc etc, and you just reboot :) If you wanna really compile a kernel, In debian you can use some

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread Nick Guerrera
On Sat, 2002-05-04 at 08:08, Tuomo Karhu wrote: Could you give me main commands and short help/explanation howto compile debian kernel? Thanks. Tuomo Karhu Check out chapter 9 of the Debian FAQ: http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.html Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: compiling a kernel?

2002-05-04 Thread craigw
On Sat May 04, 2002 at 03:45:42PM -0400, Kapil Khosla wrote: If you want it really really short apt-cache search kernel-image You will get a variety of hits Choose 1 apt-get install kernel-image... You dont need anything else, It will modify lilo.conf, etc etc, and you just

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